Moomintroll Quotes

#1. It's finished. There isn't a stamp, or an error that I haven't collected. Not one. What shall I do now?"
"I think I'm beginning to understand," said Moomintroll slowly. "You aren't a collector anymore, you're only an owner, and that isn't nearly so much fun.

Tove Jansson

#2. It's only the sea,' said Moomintroll. 'Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn't go inside because it's a labyrinth and you may never come out again.

Tove Jansson

#3. Often seems to me that people believe they can become only what they already are, when in fact they are what they've chosen to be, by deliberate decision as well as lack of it

Daniel Marques

#4. One day, I lost sight of her. I happened to glance away for a moment, and when I turned back, she had disappeared.

Haruki Murakami

#5. The animate and inanimate creation all contribute to the true worship of God. All of creation must worship at whatever level of sentience they possess. Jesus said if men held back their praise, even the stones might "cry out" in worship.

Ed Buckner

#6. Every drop makes a ripple...

Kern Carter

#7. My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#8. Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they man.

Jon Stewart

#9. I'm so much more scared of white guys than black guys. Like an angry black guys would pull out a gun and be like 'Yo, I'm coming back with my cousins and we're gonna funck you up' and a white guy would be like just 'BANG'!

Jeremy Iversen

#10. Hope, like the gleaming taper

Oliver Goldsmith

#11. I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action
no matter what the action is
might help you feel better.

A. J. Jacobs